# ChatGPT Plugin Monitor Scraper (`bornoo/chatgpt-plugin-monitor-scraper`) Actor

Monitor AI plugin and tool directories automatically. Track new listings, updates, pricing, ratings, categories, developers, websites, documentation, APIs, and metadata. Export structured data to JSON, CSV, Excel, or access results via the Apify API for analytics and monitoring.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/bornoo/chatgpt-plugin-monitor-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Biddut Hossain](https://apify.com/bornoo) (community)
- **Categories:** AI, Agents, Automation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## ChatGPT Plugin Monitor

Monitor AI plugin and tool directory listings automatically. This actor collects structured information about plugins, AI tools, and related metadata from supported directory pages, making it ideal for market research, competitive analysis, trend monitoring, and dataset creation.

> **Note:** The original ChatGPT Plugin Store has been discontinued. This actor is intended for monitoring publicly accessible AI tool or plugin directories that you specify as input. Always respect the target website's Terms of Service and robots.txt.

***

### Features

- Monitor plugin directory pages
- Scrape AI tool listings
- Extract plugin names
- Collect descriptions
- Extract categories
- Capture developer names
- Collect pricing information
- Extract ratings and review counts (when available)
- Extract tags
- Capture website URLs
- Collect documentation links
- Extract API links
- Detect open-source projects
- Capture logo/image URLs
- Monitor listing updates
- Export structured datasets
- API-ready output

***

### Input

Example:

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com/plugins"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

#### Input Fields

| Field | Type | Description |
|--------|------|-------------|
| startUrls | Array | One or more plugin or AI tool directory URLs to monitor |
| maxItems | Integer | Maximum number of listings to collect |

***

### Output

Example:

```json
{
  "name": "AI Writing Assistant",
  "description": "Generate and improve content with AI.",
  "category": "Writing",
  "developer": "Example Inc.",
  "pricing": "Freemium",
  "rating": 4.8,
  "reviews": 325,
  "tags": [
    "AI",
    "Writing",
    "Productivity"
  ],
  "website": "https://example.com",
  "documentation": "https://docs.example.com",
  "apiUrl": "https://api.example.com",
  "logo": "https://example.com/logo.png",
  "openSource": false,
  "listingUrl": "https://example.com/plugin/ai-writing-assistant"
}
```

***

### Typical Use Cases

- AI tool monitoring
- Plugin directory tracking
- Market research
- Competitor analysis
- Startup research
- Product discovery
- Trend analysis
- Business intelligence
- Lead generation
- Dataset creation

***

### Export Formats

- JSON
- CSV
- Excel
- XML
- API

***

### Performance

- Fast crawling
- Structured output
- Duplicate reduction
- Reliable extraction
- Scalable for large datasets

***

### Requirements

- Publicly accessible directory URLs
- Internet access during actor execution

***

### Limitations

Some websites may:

- Require authentication
- Load data dynamically with JavaScript
- Rate-limit requests
- Restrict automated access

Depending on the target website, additional customization may be required.

***

### Best Practices

- Test with a small `maxItems` value first.
- Verify extracted data before large-scale runs.
- Respect robots.txt and website Terms of Service.
- Avoid excessive request rates.

***

### Support

If you encounter issues or would like to request new features, please open an issue or contact the actor author.

***

### License

MIT License

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

One or more directory pages to monitor.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of listings to collect.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://example.com"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("bornoo/chatgpt-plugin-monitor-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://example.com" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("bornoo/chatgpt-plugin-monitor-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://example.com"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call bornoo/chatgpt-plugin-monitor-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=bornoo/chatgpt-plugin-monitor-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/AT7kGy06X3KXtYYer/builds/pRcUONXqTHUmE5zB6/openapi.json